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WVU Cancer Institute names new director
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Richard M. Goldberg, MD, has been appointed director of the WVU Cancer Institute.
“I am extremely pleased that Dr. Goldberg will be joining us at West Virginia University,” university President Gordon Gee said in a press release. “He strengthens both our educational and clinical efforts, which are already recognized as being among the best in the nation. Under his leadership, West Virginia University will take a giant step forward in battling one of the top health threats to West Virginians.”
Goldberg — highly regarded for his expertise in gastrointestinal cancers — joins West Virginia from Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center, where he served as physician-in-chief of James Cancer Hospital, Klotz family professor of cancer research and associate director of Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center. He also served as acting director of the division of medical oncology.
Prior to joining Ohio State, Goldberg served as physician-in-chief and division chief for hematology and oncology at University of North Carolina. He also was associate director for clinical research at Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
“I am honored to come to West Virginia to lead the incredible team of clinicians and researchers at the WVU Cancer Institute,” Goldberg said in the press release. “The institute has already made great strides in the arenas of treatment, prevention, and research, and I hope that together we can accomplish even greater advances in the future.”